MACKEE, Kenneth Andrew
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Rank:
Troop Sergeant Major (later Second Lieutenant)
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Service:
Army
Service Number:
929175
320790
Born:
Friday, June 18, 1909
Died :
Friday, October 23, 1987
Kenneth Andrew Mackee from Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, was attested into the Royal Artillery in 1939 [1][1a].
- Volunteered for the Commandos and attached to No.6 Commando [2][4].
- 26 February 1943 (Battle of Steamroller Farm) (Sergeant) wounded during operations in North Africa [2].
- 20 May 1944 commissioned Second Lieutenant, R.A.O.C. [3].
- Post war member of the Commando Association (Staffordshire), final rank in the Commandos TSM [4].
Sources
[1] Royal Artillery Attestation Register for 1939.
[1a] The 1939 Register.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/58.
[3] London Gazette 36638, page 3613.
[4] Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 86 issued March 1988.
[Image] Taken after commission courtesy of his son Gordon Mackee.
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